JPalm's Bracket 1-28 (MVC 1 bid - Drake #3 Seed)

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My thought is this....

If Drake continues on their roll and grabs the 1 seed and ISU follows current suit and gains the 2, I believe we have a 3-bid scenario if 3 things happen...

• Drake loses its tournament game on Saturday
• ISU makes it to the Championship on Sunday
• The 4/5 who beats Drake Saturday also beats ISU on Sunday to get the automatic bid

Then and only then could I see the Valley getting 3 bids...other than ISU and Drake, no one has a strong enough record, RPI, or resume w/o running the table, which if you've watched Valley action this year, you know just isn't going to happen

Nah, ISU does not have a good enough RPI for at-large resume as of right now...An RPI of 45, a loss against an RPI 262 team, an 0-3 record against RPI top 50 teams...that resume isn't going to turn anyone's heads on the selection committee...
They still have a chance to build a better at-large resume...but in order to do that, ISU needs to get on another streak, beat Drake, hope they beat a quality opponent in the BracketBuster, and end up 13-5 or so (at the worst) in the Valley to have any kind of hope for an at large, IMO.
Sorry, but this just isn't the same Valley we've come to know over the past few years where the second place team is in as an at-large without much of a question...